Lucas was just frozen in the spot he was in.
This should be simple and expected. Easy even. Callis was very much beautiful and was already promised to him, they had even known each other all through their childhood and fought together. Even built alliances together.
It made a lot of sense in a very logical way.
Yet he couldn't deny that he had never seen her that way. Nothing more than as a friend.
Callis's lips moved back to his neck while her tongue traced patterns that should have driven him wild but did absolutely nothing.
"This is right for both of us. We could just seal it all right now and get it over with."
Why wait? She whispered as her lips hovered a breath away from his, "let's just do it, it's very much due."
The word betrothed seemed to continue to open certain wounds in Lucas. Not knowing what else to say, he sighed from exhaustion and turned his face away from her seeking lips.